This is doing my head in: Anybody Know how the o Change a file extension

[zest]

As per title -Anybody Know how to Change a file extension
I have 4 files that are actually DAT video file but hey have a PDF file extension, I have no idea how this happened they are definitely video cos' I had them on my HD and they play in my media player .as I set them to always play in it Right click> play in etc.
I had acrobat on my system so I removed it and after the restart went to folder options and deleted the PDF assosiation........still no joy..

The thing is ..I want to convert them , I tryed numerous methods to convert the but failed in all my attempts
Plz help

 

[EagleKeeper]

To change the extension, just rename the file.

Anything more than that requires actually converting the file to a different format.

 

[Joemonkey]

um, renaming the file doesn't work? do you have your folders set to not view known file extensions?

i would open up a folder, go to tools, folder options, view, make sure "hide extensions for known file types" is UNCHECKED, go to the folder where the files are, right click a file, and rename whatever.pdf to whatever.dat and then rinse and repeat

 

[Ike0069]

Why did you make a whole new post 9 minutes after the first one?

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Ike0069
Why did you make a whole new post 9 minutes after the first one?

I think it is because it's

Urjebt

😛

 

[letdown427]

Erm, what on earth does

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mean?

You could write a batch file, that may well mean you don't have to change any folder options, and it'd do them all for you too...


1. To make it easier, put the .pdf files into a folder by themselves.
2. Open notepad.
3. Put in:

RENAME "C:\WhereYouStoreTheFiles\*.pdf" "C:\WhereYouStoreTheFiles\*.dat"

4. Save as RenameStuff.bat (make sure you set it to 'All Files' in the 'Files of Type' field, else it'll become RenameStuff.bat.txt)
5. Run it.
6. ...
7. Profit


(I think)